Trikala, Imathia

Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Imathia

Trikala (Τρίκαλα) Imathia

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Trikala or Trikala Imathias is a town in the Prefecture of Imathia, Greece. It is located in the eastern part of the prefecture, between the Aliakmonas and Loudia rivers, southeast of Alexandreia Imathia.

Population
Year Population
1981 1,653
1991 1,725
2001 1,710
2011 1,415
History

The roots of Trikala can be traced back to the late 18th century. The church of Agios Dimitrios was built in 1750. The original name of Trikala is unknown, however, there is a committee document issued by the Metropolis of Thessaloniki to pay two members of the school committee a school tax of two grossia to the Ottoman state on behalf of the Trikala school.

Trikala was part of the Ottoman Empire until the Balkan Wars of 1913, when it became part of Greece. The majority of the population of Trikala to this day consists of natives and refugees from the former Kingdom of Eastern Rumelia, with its capital at Plovdiv, following persecution from 1895 to 1925. There was no mutual exchange of populations between the two countries and their descendants.[1] In 1935, Trikala saw an influx of Sarakatsani Greek pastoralists who lived a nomadic life, as well as many refugees from Pontus, and Russia before 1940.[2]

Personalities

Dimitris Itoudis, basketball coach.
Modestos Kyriazidis, musician, composer, lyricist, painter.
Ganidou Areti, Greek poet.
Socrates Dioudis, footballer
Dimitris Manos, footballer
Georgios Koutsias, footballer

External links

Trikala on the GTP travel pages

References

Terzidis Moschos, The Monasteries of Eastern Romilia, Chronicle of the Interpretation of Domokos, volume 1, 1980. Retrieved 2010-01-16
«Archived copy». Archived from the original on 21 February 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2010. Municipality of Trikala. www.dim-trikal.ima.gr. Retrieved 2010-01-17.

Municipal unit Platy
Municipal Community Koryfi
Koryfi (Κορυφή, η)
Palaiochora (Παλαιόχωρα, η)
Municipal Community Platy
Ergotaxio Loudia (Εργοτάξιο Λουδία, το)
Platy (Πλατύ, το)
Community Arachos
Arachos (Άραχος, ο)
Community Kleidi
Kleidi (Κλειδίον, το)
Community Lianovergi
Lianovergi (Λιανοβέργι, το)
Community Platanos
Platanos (Πλάτανος, ο)
Community Prasinada
Kydonia (Κυδωνέα, η)
Niselloudi (Νησελλούδι, το)
Prasinada (Πρασινάδα, η)
Community Trikala
Trikala (Τρίκαλα, τα)

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